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Rediscovering Hubert Harrison
Eighty years ago, a prominent black intellectual disappeared from the historical record. Scott McLemee talks to the man who rescued him from oblivion. With a podcast.
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Attention Must Be Paid
A new book considers how the brain responds to information overload. Scott McLemee thinks it's more than a distraction.
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Relocation, Relocation, Relocation
A new book reflects on the writer as migrant. Scott McLemee tracks it down.
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Saying Farewell to a Man of Letters
The late John Leonard was a one-man cultural-studies symposium. Scott McLemee reminisces...
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Turning a Page
What should the president-elect study between now and the inauguration? Scott McLemee presents a reading list.
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Market Failure
Why, after 30 years of deregulation, is the state bigger than ever? Scott McLemee checks out a new book on the paradox.
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Paper Money
Students with more cash than brains know how to get their term papers written fast. Scott McLemee looks under a rock....